Why does Trump have to go it alone?

Radio’s Rush Limbaugh took to airwaves this week to condemn the Democrats who are stymying President Donald Trump’s border agenda, as well as the media, filled with members who serve as little more than lapdogs and mouthpieces for the left’s talking points.

But he reserved his harshest points for the Republicans.

“Why does Trump have to go it alone?” Limbaugh asked, after citing surveys that show “only 7% of Americans say illegal immigration is not a problem.”

The press has been busy releasing poll after poll showing Americans, by various majorities, really don’t think building a border wall is all that important. Yet the crux of a border wall is national security and stemming the tide of illegal immigration — and on those points, Americans are almost entirely in agreement: These are good things to supply.

“The first act by the Democrat House majority is to defy the will of 93% of the population,” Limbaugh said. “Only 7% of Americans say illegal immigration is not a problem. Eighty-eight percent of Democrats. To insinuate that anybody who disagrees with them is immoral? You know, if the rest of the Republican leadership would fight back, we could win this debate.”

Republicans — all Republicans, not just the ones in the White House — need to wage this war on behalf of the American people. But they’re not. And as Limbaugh asked: Why?

“I’ll tell you why Trump has to go it alone,” he said. “Because people like Never Trumpers, like [Mitt] Romney and the rest of this crowd, is sitting here living 25 years in the past, or 20 years in the past. They have been rendered obsolete. They have been rendered irrelevant. They never were relevant, if you want to get down to brass tacks. In their own minds, they were.”

Ouch. Truth hurts.

But that’s exactly why Trump won — to boot the establishment-minded from their long-held arenas of influence.

“[I]t remains a one-man show,” Limbaugh said, “Donald Trump against the Democrat Party and the media. Donald Trump against fake news. Donald Trump against lying news. And we are very fortunate the guy does not cave.”

Indeed.

There’s the understatement of the new year.

• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter, @ckchumley.

29 Comments

Let’s make THE WALL a 1000 mile long abortion clinic covered in solar cells, topped by windmills with nothing but “Prius Only Parking.” For fun, let’s throw in a medical marijuana stand out front and charge a 70% VAT on all services.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going,,,only the snowflake Democrats and Republican RINO’s just take the weakest path of greatest resistance to workable change they can find, which in this case is to resist every cogent workable solution offered which makes RINOs and Democrats irrelevant. Soon THE PEOPLE will realize that their world works quite well without them, just as it works quite well with major portions of our government shut down, without any effect on 99% of the population that has their taxes raised to fund them, and their non-productive salaries.

Done any flying lately? You’re relying on now-unpaid government employees if you do. Keeping national parks in visit-able condition may seem unimportant….but when animals take after the trash and start attacking visitors…. People fixated on “the wall” haven’t a clue the harm they’re doing. And for this author to say Trump’s “going it alone” is ridiculous; he’s got a Congress full of enablers who could actually put the skids on his absurd approach to “governance,” but NONE (and particularly that idiot McConnell) will stand up…..Hey, Mitch, you won’t take a vote on proposals you’ve ALREADY voted “yes” on? Waste of time? How about voting 56+ times to repeal ACA? You think THAT wasn’t a total waste of every resource used? Let’s have more “tunnel vision” from the FOXies….

The problem is, the conniving Commucrats have proven REPEATEDLY that they don’t WANT border control or security of ANY kind. If you listened to their speeches last night, all they said was, “Let’s get the government back open NOW, and then we can talk about immigration reform.”

Yeah . . . right. They’ve been pulling that BS for the past 30 years or so! “Give us what we want NOW” (be it amnesty, more government spending, the government back open, etc.) and then we’ll be willing to talk about border control.” And EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. a Republican President FELL for that BS, they promptly RENEGED on every promise they made, as soon as they got what they wanted.

After they get whatever it is they wanted, suddenly it’s “Screw YOU–we don’t need no stinkin’ border control!”

Pres. Trump is RIGHT to stick to his guns and REFUSE to sign that BS Commucrat spending bill, until it includes funding for the wall AND immigration reform. And they can kick and scream and wriggle and squirm all they want, but we ALL know who shut down the government–it was the CONNIVING COMMUCRATS trying to FORCE Pres. Trump to do THEIR bidding–and we ALL know they can’t be trusted to keep their word once they get their way.

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DaBigTuna

11:58 am January 9, 2019 at 11:58 am

Since the time of Reagan the Democrats and liberals have been promising to secure the border. Each president has given in time and time again only to have the Democratic party not meet their promises. “Just open the Government and we’ll discuss options” These people are like Lucy pulling the foot ball from Charlie Brown just before he kicks. Leave it closed, do not open anything until a monetary commitment is made to fund the border wall, fence and all other security measures. This is the only way we will prevail in securing this country.

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ltuser

3:49 pm January 9, 2019 at 3:49 pm

Bigbut. Sounds like you are an open border, let them all in die hard libtard..

How about everyone visit state parks. Then the animals won’t go after the trash at the national parks. This would show our support of fellow Americans…our Angel Moms and Dads. Remember them? Or people could just clean up after themselves at the national parks. Now there’s a novel idea.

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Jota_

12:36 am January 10, 2019 at 12:36 am

“People fixated on “the wall” haven’t a clue the harm they’re doing”

And the bozo left does not have a clue the good vastly out weights the harm

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ltuser

1:02 am January 10, 2019 at 1:02 am

Good point. WHat ever happened to cleaning up after ones selves?? OR in today’s “Do what i want, when, with no repercussions” society, has that gone out the bloody window?

I’m always amazed by these shutdowns of “non-essential” portions of the government. If we don’t NEED them, why have them at all? Seems to me we’d be better off if we just never RE-OPENED them–INSTANT reduction in government spending!

The problem is Trump’s fixation with a wall. It’s a boondoggle. It won’t work, it’s too expensive. GOP Immigration experts all say that a “wall” is not what’s needed. Everyone wants immigration reform, just not a wall.

“Everyone” does NOT want “immigration reform,” Tee Flo. I’m pretty sure if all Pres. Trump was asking for is reform of the immigration laws to put a stop to all the “anchor baby scams”, fake asylum claims, etc., the conniving Commucrats would fight him tooth and claw on THAT, too! They want a wide-open border and MILLIONS of illegals pouring in so they can illegally vote DEMOCRAT in our elections. They buy their votes with welfare and other benefits that cost us taxpayers HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of dollars. And they want to keep right on doing that, too. THAT is why it is a LIE to claim that “everyone” wants immigration reform, but not a wall! The “leaders” of the conniving Commucrats have ALL been on record as being in favor of a wall at one time or another. The ONLY reason they are so opposed to it is they are HELLBENT on making SURE Pres. Trump is not able to fulfill that campaign promise before 2020, because that would virtually assure his re-election, because the majority of Americans DO want the wall. Republicans AND Democrats.

Your comment refers to “everyone” which is categorically false. Everyone wants border security and to stop illegal immigration. Walls work and are an effective deterrence to say otherwise is delusional.

Tee Flo….Define “Everyone”.
Try believing History and reality and not the hateful Liberal Democrats.
The problem is that the deranged Liberal Democrats are so consumed with hate because their queen “Crooked Hil-Liar-y” did become their misleader that they would rather self-destruct than to work with our President Donald Trump.
Did not Nancy Pelosi approve of and support tinkerbell obama when he GAVE his muslim Iran $150 Billion?? In the pretense of them to stop their nuclear program??

Did any of you blinder wearing airheads and bimbos notice the Republican and Democrat politicians are still living large and getting paid while conservative and liberal veterans and workers are getting the economic shaft? Stop letting a rabblerouser distract you from the real issues which are mismanagement and incompetence on both sides of the aisle. I’ve watched both parties waste and steal enough money over the past four decades to eliminate any fiscal, social or infrastructure problems. Liberals and conservatives keep falling for the same *#^@$%&+ election after election, generation after generation. (“Stupid is as stupid allows”.) You’re not getting what you’re paying through the nose for. Wake up and smell the coffee. Collectively talk about docking their pay and benefits then step back and watch the fireworks. Lloyd M.

The problem is that too many voters are swayed by expensive campaign ads, thus the richest, most out of touch candidates win. Instead, vote for the BEST candidate (the most conservative) in the primary. then vote for the best candidate in the general election (about 99% of the time the Republican).

If the rich can continue to buy elections, we will continue to have RINO’s and Democrats running the government and real Republicans will continue to fade into obscurity.

If there is no real Republican in the primary, file for office yourself.

Holding out on the spending bill is the only card Trump has, and he has to play it and stand firm. Anything else is a sure defeat for Trump, the GOP and the working people of this country. It doesn’t matter if we are still talking about this 12 months from now. Do not give in to these conniving scumbag politicians and their media acolytes.

The bigunut seems to be worried about trash in national parks but apparently enjoys the poop, pee & needles piled high on city streets run by the Dems.

The only wild animals most Americans should be afraid of are the hyenas in the Dem Party & the MSM who go berserk & attack at just the sight of a MAGA hat.

Dems & MSM are epitome of being fixated & obsessed with getting Trump & shafting the American people while they are at it.

Don’t see how they can get any meaner or nuttier than they already are but I may be proven wrong based on the looks of some of the new ones muscling in, Cortez, Tlaib, et al.

And while not vicious & mean, I can’t say much good about many of current crop of Repubs who talk, talk, talk but then deliberately do nothing about taking a hard line to permanently stop illegal immigration & the unrestrained force of numbers mass migration by foreigners who do not qualify for entry at all, much less preferred treatment over legal migrant applicants.

What about the natl parks in AZ and NM, that supposedly, are off LIMITS TO American citizens, all because of the consistent CARTEL ACTIVITY in them, that our Natl park service, has just ‘ceeded over’ without a fight??

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